Lord Patrek Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I asked earlier today and I'm still waiting to hear back from the powers that be. But right now it looks as though the new maps will only appear in the UK edition of THOWWL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylvs Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Pat, I doubt that. The artist was assigned by Tad himself. No reason not to publish them on his biggest market ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylvs Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Rumour debunked ;-) Tad had no clue but Deborah said that the maps will totally be in the US edition as DAW did commission them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Patrek Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 The Witchwood Crown has been pushed back to June: https://www.amazon.com/Witchwood-Crown-Last-King-Osten/dp/0756410606/ http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?sku=0756410606 http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317967/the-witchwood-crown-by-tad-williams/ (click "Hardcover") The new release date is June 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 LoL. If there's one book you didn't think would be delayed it's the one that was already delayed by a year just by the publishers, and handed in a long time ago ( as we were informed). I remember the disappointment when we were told it would not be released in Spring 2016 but a year later, due to scheduling issues. See page 10 of this very thread in fact. I guess we'll hear what the excuse is this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I suspect the publishers looked at the pre-orders and decided that spacing out the two releases made a bit more sense. I'm not too fussed. It's only two months and we're still getting the book before the next Bakker, and that's not far off at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 More like 3 months actually, as it now releases at the end of June and was scheduled for April 4th. I will be ordering it in the same shipment as TUC, which releases just a week later. That'll be an anticipated delivery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiriki Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Deborah confirmed today in the newsletter that The Witchwood Crown has been delayed again. But as Werthead says, the delay is short, and we'll be getting another Osten Ard book before then anyway. (I'm not too terribly disappointed, but that may be in part because I have already read both novels). Calibandar, hang in there! I know Tad and Deborah did not want a delay. Ylvs and I read a draft of TWC in May 2015, so much of the writing happened back in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylvs Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I wonder if Hodder will change the European publication accordingly. So far they did not. Neither on their website nor on amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiriki Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 That would be weird, and would definitely not benefit DAW/Random House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 They will very likely move it. I don't know for sure but DAW is probably the primary publisher, so Hodder will follow. Besides, Hodder still has a listing for Empire of Grass on Amazon UK for October 2017. So not really updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylvs Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On the other hand it would not be the first time that a major book is published in Europe ahead of the US. I distincly remember Stieg Larson's Millenium series that was out over here much earlier than in the US. Furthermore Tad's publishers are not exactly known for good cooperation. The publication blunder of the audiobooks for MST is proof of that. So I would not bet my life on Hodder moving the pub date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 It does depend on who is the "primary" publisher and what the deal is. GRRM made separate deals with HarperCollins Voyager and Bantam Spectra, which is why Voyager were able to release ACoK, ASoS and AFFC earlier in the UK than the USA (by five months in ACoK's case!). They late tweaked the contracts so they couldn't do that any more. Scott Lynch's primary publishers are also the British ones (although he's American), so they set the release date and Bantam has to follow in their train. I suspect with Tad that DAW, who he's been with for decades, are setting the pace and Hodder will have to adjust. But we'll see. They're usually much tighter on it these days because it's so easy now for American fans to order the British edition (or pirate the British ebook) and cost the American publisher sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Patrek Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I'm pretty sure that Daw Books have primary rights (or whatever they're called) for anything published by Tad Williams, so Hodder will have to follow suit and delay their pub date. Since there is no indication that Rothfuss will come through and finish his eagerly awaited final volume this year, The Witchwood Crown will most likely be Daw's bestselling work of 2017. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let Hodder or anyone else fuck this up. They've got too much riding on this. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 11 hours ago, ylvs said: On the other hand it would not be the first time that a major book is published in Europe ahead of the US. I distincly remember Stieg Larson's Millenium series that was out over here much earlier than in the US. Furthermore Tad's publishers are not exactly known for good cooperation. The publication blunder of the audiobooks for MST is proof of that. So I would not bet my life on Hodder moving the pub date. What happened with the MST audiobooks? I've been requesting them at my local library and they keep saying they aren't available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Heh, I remember one of Robin Hobb's Rainwild books came out months earlier in another language. Holland or Denmark I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Heh, I remember one of Robin Hobb's Rainwild books came out months earlier in another language. Holland or Denmark I think? If @Calibandar is correct, her latest will be coming out earlier too. I believe in Dutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 18 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Heh, I remember one of Robin Hobb's Rainwild books came out months earlier in another language. Holland or Denmark I think? The Dutch publisher has for years made it a sort of tradition to be a world first with Hobb releases. Sometimes they've succeeded, sometimes not. Fool's Fate will be published in April in Dutch, whereas the English language edition is in May. That says nothing about Hodder and Daw by the way, which you seem to be suggesting. Here it matters who the primary publisher, it is after all in the same language and a Dutch-first edition isn't going to be taking away English readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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